Arizona State scores on its first 9 possessions in win over Navy in Fight Hunger Bowl

Navy fullback Noah Copeland is tackled as a group of Arizona State defenders pile on during the first half in San Francisco on Saturday.

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Taylor Kelly threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score to lead Arizona State to its first bowl win in seven years, a 62-28 victory over Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl on Saturday.

Offensive MVP Marion Grice ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns for the Sun Devils (8-5), who used their fast-paced spread offense to score touchdowns on their first nine possessions.

Arizona State won its most games since 2007 and a bowl for the first time since the 2005 Insight Bowl against Rutgers.

The Midshipmen (8-5) have lost five of their last six bowl games.

Kelly finished 17 for 19 for 268 yards, ending the season completing a school-record 67.1 percent of his passes.

Before the game, Pat Tillman Sr. presented Sun Devils defensive tackle Will Sutton the Pac-12 defensive player of the year award named after his son, the former Arizona State star who died as an Army ranger in Afghanistan.